You Won't Believe How Many Animals Meat Eaters Consume

The number will shock you.

Beef isn't the only thing that's for dinner. Chicken, shrimp, turkey and more make up many of our meals. But we don't tend to think about how many individual creatures wind up in our bellies. Apparently, it's quite a bit. According to theVegetarian Calculator, the average meat eater will eat around 7,000 animals in their lifetime. While the astounding figure is just an estimate, and not every person will consume that amount, we can't stop trying to process that number.

The animal activist site contains a link for vegetarians and vegans to discover how many animals they have saved during the time they've avoided eating meat–a stark contrast to the amount gobbled up by the carnivores of the world. While only 5% of the population classify themselves as vegetarian and 2% as vegans, they still save approximately 200 animals per person each year.

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